Lighting device for lanterns



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Lighting Device for Lanterns. No. 24|',42s'. Patented May 10, 1881..

N. PETERS, Phoko-Li'khagrapher, Washington. D. C.

GEORGE L. SACKETT, or wnsr PATENT SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

LIGHTING DEVICE FOR LANTERNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,428, dated May 10,1881.

Application filed February 11, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE L. SAGKETT, acitizen of the United States, residing at West Springfield, county ofHampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Lighting Devices for Lanterns, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to the details of construction of a match-doorthrough the side of a lantern globe, provided with suitable frictionalattachments for lighting matches inside of the lantern-globe, and tomatch-holding devices attached to the lantern within convenient distanceof said door, the object being to provide convenient means for lighting,trimming, and generally keeping in proper burning order lanterns whileexposed to strong gusts of wind upon railroads, railroad-trains, boats,and other similarly-exposed situations, Without removing the lamp fromthe lantern or opening it. s

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a lantern provided with my improved lighting devices. Fig.2is a rear view of the match-door removed from the lantern-globe. Fig. 3is a vertical section of said door and of its cover through line or as,Fig. 2, and showing portions of the globe of the lantern on the upperand lower sides thereof. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the face of thematch-lighter next to the face of said door which is inside of thelanternglobe.

In the drawings, a is the globe of the lantern. b is the match door. 0is a central aperture through door b. i is the match-lighter. o arelocking-lips on the outer portion of said door, and z is the inner platethereof, secured inside of globe to. D is a match-box secured to thelanternframe adjacent to door I), and 0 is a lamp-pick hung on box D. His a cover to door I).

I construct the match-door b of suitable sheet metal, sinking itscentral portion to form a proper cavity to hold the cover H, andaroundsaid sunken portion projects a flange, as shown. Said sunkenportion of the door is provided with locking-lips o, as shown. The innerplate of door 1) consists of a disk or plate, 2, of about the samediameter as said outer portion of the door, and has a central aperture,c, therein,

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and is perforated to allow the lips o to pass through it.

' Upon the inner face of plate 2, within the lantern, in the positionshown, is fixed the match-lighter i, the surface of which, next to saiddisk, is roughened, as seen in Fig. 4.

To attach my match-door to glass lanterns I make a round opening in theside of the globe thereof of suitable dimension to receive the sunkenpart a of door 11, place the platezagainst the inner face of the glass,with the lips 41 projecting through it, and bend up and down said lips,as in Fig. 2.

The door I) is located at such a height in the lantern globe as willbring the aperture 0 therein a little above the wicks of the lamp.

The cor'er H to door I) is suspended by a chain to the frame of thelantern and is of cup shape, and is adapted to fit closely into thesunken portion of the door.

The match-box D is attached, as seen, to the lantern-frame, and may beprovided with a suitable cover.

The operation of lighting and trimming a lantern by the use of myimprovements, and without opening it or taking out the lamp, is asfollows: The cover H is removed from the door I), a match is insertedthrough the aperture e therein, and by properly rubbing it against theunder roughened face of the matchlighter i it becomes ignited, and maythen be applied to the wicks of the lamp to light it. If the wicks ofthe lamp need adjusting, the lamppick 0 may be inserted through theaperture 0 for that purpose.

The use of the within-described match-door is not necessarily confinedto globe-lanterns, but may be used with advantage upon almost alldescriptions thereof.

Lanterns provided with my within-described lighting and trimming devicespossess peculiar advantages for use upon railroads and railroadtrains,for howsoever strongly the wind may blow or the air be disturbed by themotion of the train the lantern can be surely lighted and cared forwithout the least danger of losing the light thereby, for the match isalways ignited within the lantern, where it is perfectly protected fromthe wind and storm; and, furthermore, when a railroad-employ is left forhours upon the track, as is frequently the case, to signal anapproaching train, he often finds it necessary to retrim his low-burninglamp; but if he must remove the lamp from the lantern to do it he runsthe risk of losing his light entirely, Whereas if his lantern isprovided with my improvements no such risk is incurred.

The glass of the lantern herein shown is protected from being broken bythe usual guardwires secured to its frame above and below, of which thering surrounding the door b, Fig. 1, is a part.

What I claim as my invention is-- In combination with a lanternglobe,the match-door 1), consisting of the sunken part h and the plate 2,having the central aperture, 0, therein, and the match-lighter i,secured to the said plate 2, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

GEORGE L. SAGKETT.

WVitnesses:

H. A. OHAPIN, J. D. GARFIELD.

